Romantism
...played an enormous part in building the world and economy to it's current position. No other artistic movement had such power since the Middle Ages. Up until the romantic era, everything had order, balance and was realistic but during the Romantic Era people began to realize who they were, what they felt and now they were learning how to express these feelings and creative imagination through the different music, arts and literature. Romantics acted against the methodical and organized ways of culture and worked to reawaken and liberate people of the world. People began to use there imagination and intellect to express individuality and feelings.
Romanticism can be defined as "a sweeping but indispensable modern term applied to the profound shift in Western attitudes to art and human creativity that dominated much of European culture in the first half of the 19th century, and that has shaped most subsequent developments in music, arts and literature" (Baldick 1) or simply defined as "a movement in the history or culture, as an aesthetic style, and as an attitude or spirit" (Fiero 4). The Romantic Movement is defined as "a revolt against convention and authority and a search for freedom in personal, political, and artistic life." (Fiero 2).
Music, which I believe, is the most romantic of any art, was greatly affected by the Romantic Movement. It became expressive and melodies
became popular, which was totally opposite from compositions in the previous years. New musical techniques began as composers started to challenge the music industry with length of symphonies, new and improved harmonies and varied tones and sounds. A new form of music introduced in the Romantic Era was a story or poem portrayed by an orchestra, which then began voices added to symphonies. All of the compositions, symphonies, sonatas etc. that were composed in this period...
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